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Ivory Coast
Government steps in to protect cocoa trader Malick Tohé from Olam

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“West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders”

Ghana, Ivory Coast

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

By jointly introducing a premium of $400 per tonne on cocoa beans in autumn 2020, Ivory Coast and Ghana were seeking to ensure that cocoa producers' revenues were maintained. In so doing, however, they sparked off an open war with the big commodity traders, who have since taken steps to get round the measure and avoid paying the premium. This battle of wills has paralysed a sector which has already been badly affected by Covid-19 and speeded up the transformation of the trading sector, encouraging Ghana and Ivory Coast to trade their cocoa beans on their own account. [...]

The head of the Ivorian cocoa trading lobby and boss of SONEMAT, whose bank accounts were frozen by the Singaporean trader, appears to have friends in high places. [...]

Published on 19/05/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

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Augustin Kouassi Apetey
Françoise Remarck
Groupement des negociants ivoiriens
Malick Tohe
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Olam Food Ingredients
Société de négoce de matières premières

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On a visit to Brussels, Conseil Café Cacao revives battle with EU

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Foreign cocoa exporter success fuels local discontent

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Augustin Kouassi Apetey
Françoise Remarck
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Malick Tohe
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Olam Food Ingredients
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